personalmountains
Cadet
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- Aug 1, 2016
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I'm building my first iteration of what I hope will be a server that's fairly easy to expand in the future. I think I have most of the hardware figured out thanks for the forums (X10SL7, G3220, SeaSonic PSU, in a uATX case), but I'm having trouble with the hard drives.
I'm planning on buying eight 3.5" drives for now and just plug them directly on the motherboard. In the future, I'll probably buy some SAS expander for more drives, but I only need eight for now. I obviously don't want the drives to be sitting on my desk, so I'm looking for a simple rack or cage that can hold eight 3.5" drives. I don't need a backplane or anything fancy. Just a box with a fan or two.
What I'm finding are either cages meant to go in a case or full-fledged enclosures with backplanes like the TR8X6G. Is there anything else that you guys can recommend?
I'm planning on buying eight 3.5" drives for now and just plug them directly on the motherboard. In the future, I'll probably buy some SAS expander for more drives, but I only need eight for now. I obviously don't want the drives to be sitting on my desk, so I'm looking for a simple rack or cage that can hold eight 3.5" drives. I don't need a backplane or anything fancy. Just a box with a fan or two.
What I'm finding are either cages meant to go in a case or full-fledged enclosures with backplanes like the TR8X6G. Is there anything else that you guys can recommend?